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<h1>To create a full-text search stop list</h1>
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	<li>Open a text editor, such as Microsoft Notepad, and create a text file.
	<li>Type in any words or numbers you want to exclude from a search, one word per line.
	<li>Save the file, and then rename it with .stp as the file name extension.
	<li>Add the .stp file to the same directory as your project (.hhp) file.
	<li><a href="stop.htm">Add the stop list to your project file</a>.
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<h2>Sample stop list</h2>

<p>Copy any words from the following sample that you want to include in your stop list:</P>
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a<br>
about<br>
after<br>
against<br>
all<br>
also<br>
among<br>
an<br>
and<br>
are<br>
as<br>
at<br>
be<br>
became<br>
because<br>
been<br>
between<br>
but<br>
by<br>
can<br>
come<br>
do<br>
during<br>
each<br>
early<br>
for<br>
form<br>
found<br>
from<br>
had<br>
has<br>
have<br>
he<br>
her<br>
his<br>
however<br>
in<br>
include<br>
into<br>
is<br>
it<br>
its<br>
late<br>
later<br>
me<br>
med<br>
made<br>
many<br>
may<br>
more<br>
most<br>
near<br>
no<br>
non<br>
not<br>
of<br>
on<br>
only<br>
or<br>
other<br>
over<br>
several<br>
she<br>
some<br>
such<br>
than<br>
that<br>
the<br>
their<br>
then<br>
there<br>
these<br>
they<br>
this<br>
through<br>
to<br>
under<br>
until<br>
use<br>
was<br>
we<br>
were<br>
when<br>
where<br>
which<br>
who<br>
with<br>
you
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<h3>Notes</h3>

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	<li>A stop list decreases the size of the full-text search index, which results in a smaller compiled help (.chm) file because fewer words are indexed. This is especially important if you have a large documentation set. All words in the stop list are omitted from the search. These are usually commonly occurring words, such as "the," "and," or "1" that a user is unlikely to search for.
	<LI>Numbers can also be used in a stop list.
	<li>For the 1.3 release of HTML Help, the size of this file is limited to 512 bytes.
	<li>Do not set the stop list as read-only, it will not function if this property is set.
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